The Story: What
happens when Jeff Winger and The Hulk team up for a film that’s one-third a
buddy cop movie, one-third a demon possession investigation and one-third an
exorcism movie? I’m not exactly sure what you would call that but I can tell
you that I would call it a bad movie.
The Facts: Deliver Us From Evil was written by Paul Harris Boardman and Scott Derrickson as well as
directed by Derrickson. And stars Erica Bana as NYPD Sargent Ralph Sarchie,
Edgar Rarmirez as Catholic Priest Mendoza, Joel McHale as Ralph’s partner
Butler, Olivia Munn as Ralph’s wife and Sean Harris as Santino a marine with a
troubled past.
My Overall Take on
the Movie: I went into this movie with no knowledge of what it was about
other than the fact that it was a horror movie. What it turned out to be was a
clusterfuck of random scenes and bad acting for the first two acts of the movie
and while the third act is better that doesn’t mean its really any good. The
story is allegedly based on Sarchie’s actual experiences while working for the
NYPD but I’m a little skeptical of the validity of that claim, but this isn’t
the place to talk about that. This movie, as I said in my intro, is 3
disjointed acts that all feel very different. The first is basically Joel
McHale and Erica Bana making dumb jokes and investigating a lady who threw her
child into a ravine at a zoo. The second turns into a paranormal investigation
after they believe she’s been possessed, and the third act is an exorcism for
the most part. The acting isn’t very good, with the exception of Edgar Ramirez
and the direction and overall story is also pretty atrocious. This movie comes
from the same director as Sinister, which was a very good movie, and this movie
just doesn’t hold up to the standard set by that film. As reddit user
“lastminotaur” very correctly stated in a comment section “the only evil is that that film
somehow got funded.”
Things I liked: There
were two things I liked in this movie Edgar Ramirez and the end credits because
they meant that the movie was over.
Things I Didn’t Like:
The acting. The terrible (almost non existent in the first half of the
movie) plot, the terrible New York accents and Joel McHale being in a “serious”
movie. He will always be Jeff Winger to me and will always stand out like a
sore thumb in any role that isn’t a comedic one.
Rating: 2.5
out of 10
Final Verdict: Save it for Netflix
on a night that you have ABSOLUTELY nothing better to do.
My Favorite Scene:
I honestly didn’t even have a favorite scene in this movie.
Mid-Credit Scene: No
After Credit Scene: No
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